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Chapter 528 - 254: Tier Three Apostle

Lu Jiuyuan held his long knife, his sharp gaze also fixed ahead, and interjected in a deep voice: "Could it be that they are heading straight for that so-called ’Martial Saint Ruins’?"

His tone carried a hint of incredulous absurdity.

During the voyage, a few people communicated through the Divine Management Bureau channel.

With Fang Qingyu’s close surveillance of the four Pantheon key members, they finally pried open a breakthrough from some of the "support personnel" they had recruited.

A few individuals, attracted by generous rewards but secretly affiliated with the Federation, upon learning that these four might be backed by the notorious Pantheon, immediately chose to defect and became the intelligence source for Fang Qingyu’s team.

The intelligence was clear.

The bait dangled by the Pantheon was a "Martial Saint Ruins" located deep within this glacier sea area.

It is rumored that the ruins buried a legendary powerhouse.

This enormous temptation was what prompted so many unruly Tier Two Peak powers to risk everything.

According to the original plan, everyone was supposed to gather and rest at Glazed Light City.

Then, they would proceed to the entrance of the ruin under the guidance of the "Leader".

Yet at this moment, the convoy’s actions were entirely contrary to the plan.

"Follow them!"

Fang Qingyu’s voice was deep, carrying an undeniable decisiveness.

The Eternal Night Territory enveloped the five of them, like an absolute shadow moving in the blizzard, closely following the tracks of three armored off-road vehicles.

The "creak" sound of the tires crushing the ice was dull yet clear in the howling wind and snow.

The convoy traveled across the rugged ice field for nearly half an hour, completely bypassing the magnificent ice city lying on the horizon like a giant glazed beast.

Finally, they stopped at the edge of a shattered Ice Sea.

They were already some distance from the Glazed Light City defense line. In the far end of the visibility, the towering 200-meter-high Black Great Wall, winding like an icy dragon, remained only a blurred and oppressive silhouette in the swirling blizzard.

Above the Ice Sea.

Massive ice floes drifted and collided slowly in the gray-white seawater, emitting a dull roar.

The doors of several off-road vehicles "clanged" open.

Wu Gang, Lin Wei, Chen Mingyuan, and the mysterious person codenamed "Gray Shadow" were the first to jump out.

Close behind, fourteen imposing figures disembarked in single file from the rear two vehicles.

These were the "reinforcements" that the four had recruited onboard the ship during this time, all of them either Tier Two Grandmasters or Divine Chosen. Their faces showed a mix of anticipation and excitement, as well as a hint of impatience from the freezing wind.

A burly man with a thick face, wearing thin leather armor, looked around, his gaze sweeping over the nearby Ice Sea region, then glanced at the distant shadow of the Black Great Wall, almost swallowed by the blizzard. His thick eyebrows suddenly furrowed as he shouted in a muffled voice:

"Boss Wu! Are you ****ing kidding me?! Martial Saint Ruins?! In this godforsaken place?! If there were really a ruin this close to Glazed Light City, those white-robed godstick bastards would have dug it up long ago, leaving not even a crumb! You don’t mean to trick us brothers into this icehole to feed the fish?!"

The people beside him heard this and their eyes instantly sharpened, glaring unkindly at Wu Gang and the other three.

Facing the questioning, Wu Gang’s face showed no trace of anger but instead broke into a grin, revealing a mouthful of menacing white teeth, with a shrewd appeasement: "Brother Violent Bear, calm down! Even if I, Wu Gang, had a hundred guts, I wouldn’t dare make monkeys out of a dozen Tier Two Grandmasters! That would be suicidal!"

He walked to the edge of the Ice Sea, pointing to the deep navy blue seawater below: "The ruins are certainly not directly underneath. But this is the closest and safest entry point to the hidden entrance. The Divine Chosen lords in Glazed Light City, whose eyes are on top of their heads, are fully focused on the front line. Who’s going to watch this godforsaken, poopless broken Ice Sea constantly? Going down from here, we’ll be unnoticed!"

He paused for a moment, his voice lowered with temptation: "Moreover, think about it, a relic that can even tempt the Apostles can’t be ordinary? The things inside might allow us all to ascend to the skies in one step! Fortune favors the bold, if you’re too scared to take this small risk, how can you talk about opportunity?"

His words were half-truths, using both soft and hard tactics.

Although Violent Bear and the others still had some doubts, the promise of hefty profits and the sight of their dozen or so peers suppressed their unease with greed and hope.

The disturbance in the crowd gradually subsided.

"Alright, stop dawdling, hurry up! Put on your gear and get ready to dive!"

Lin Wei urged coldly, as she had already skillfully donned a specially made black diving suit.

Seeing this, the others also began to unload waterproof backpacks from the vehicles, taking out similar diving equipment to put on.

Fang Qingyu and his team hid within the Eternal Night Territory.

Quietly observing from behind a massive ice floe shadow a hundred meters away from the convoy.

"Qingzi, as per the plan?" Wei Banmeng whispered.

Fang Qingyu nodded slightly.

Silently, he retrieved a tiny, thumb-sized, entirely black, unmarked device from the inner layer of his tactical waistband.

His fingers moved slightly, discreetly pressing a nearly invisible indentation at the top of the device.

This was given secretly to him by the stern officer in charge of intelligence on the ship before embarkation — an emergency beacon.

Once activated, the signal would be sent with the highest priority to the nearest Tier Three Federation powerhouse.

The officer’s original words were: "Captain Fang’s strength is outstanding, you probably won’t need this. But to be prepared for any eventuality, it’s always good to have a backup."

With the beacon activated, Fang Qingyu retrieved it.